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• Starring in the 2008 action blockbuster, Wanted, alongside Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman, the Scottish actor James McAvoy has come a long way since his working-class childhood in the outskirts of Glasglow. WashingtonPost.com Fear of Fame (December 4, 2007) A 2008 Golden Globe nominee for Atonement, McAvoy also played Mr. Tumnus in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and Dr. Nicholas Garrigan, opposite Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker, in The Last King of Scotland.

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: 1979
  2. Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
  3. Moved to London, England when he was 20 years oldBiography.com James McAvoy
  4. Debut: The Near Room (1995)
  5. 2000: Graduated from Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama BBC Drama Faces: James McAvoy
  6. Wife: Anne-Marie Duff
  7. 2004: Met his wife while they were co-stars in the British television program Shameless WashingtonPost.com Fear of Fame (December 4, 2007)
  8. Former roommate of actor Jesse Spencer (House) WashingtonPost.com Fear of Fame (December 4, 2007)
  9. 2006: Won the the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Orange Rising Star AwardBiography.com James McAvoy
  10. 2007: Nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for The Last King of ScotlandBiogra... James McAvoy
  11. 2008: Golden Globe Nominee for his role in Atonement
  12. 2008: Named one of Entertainment Weekly's "30 Under 30"Entertainment Weekly: 30 Under 30: The Actors (February 28, 2008)

• Early Life

  McAvoy's parents divorced by the time he was seven years old. Abandoned by his father, McAvoy lived with his mother and her parents in the Drumchapel housing projects near Glasgow, Scotland. Raised by strict grandparents in an unsafe neighborhood, McAvoy was not allowed to be outside at night until he was 15 years old. WashingtonPost.com Fear of Fame (December 4, 2007)

• Notable Roles

  • 2001: Pvt. James Miller in Band of Brothers
  • 2003: Simon Balcairn in Bright Young Things
  • 2004: Carl Colt in Wimbledon
  • 2005: Mr. Tumnus, the Faun in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  • 2006: Dr. Nicholas Garrigan in The Last King of Scotland
  • 2007: Tom Lefroy in Becoming Jane
  • 2007: Robbie Turner in Atonement
  • 2008: Wesley Gibson in Wanted

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  Anne-Marie Duff | Anne Hathaway | Becoming Jane | Atonement | Keira Knightley | The Chronicles of Narnia Films | C.S. Lewis | Tilda Swinton | Georgie Henley | The Last King of Scotland | Forest Whitaker | Kerry Washington | Stephen Fry | Emily Mortimer | Romola Garai | 2008 Golden Globe Nominations | Penelope | Wanted Soundtrack

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